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   gef to Laura   
   Re: reality check   
   20 Oct 04 00:32:11   
   
   From: gef@hotmail.com   
      
   Laura wrote:   
   > "gef"  wrote in message   
   > news:vIXcd.82194$H45.1065572@weber.videotron.net...   
   >   
   >>Laura wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>"gef"  wrote in message   
   >>>news:UlHcd.29234$H45.699661@weber.videotron.net...   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>Closing me eyes in a dream was never really usefull since it's easier   
   >>>>for me to loose my awarness then... Reality check for me in a dream is   
   >>>>only a question of feeling. My practice is more about being aware during   
   >>>>the day (at all time), once I get aware in a dream I know it's a dream   
   >>>>just by being there.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>Yes, but the very point of a reality check is to become aware in the   
   >   
   > first   
   >   
   >>>place :-)   
   >>   
   >>Yes maybe I don't get the point of a reality check then. I mean how can   
   >>you make a reality check if you are not aware at first ? hum...   
   >>is it  'reality check' = 'ways to get aware' or 'reality check' = 'ways   
   >>to find out if i am in a dream or in waking...   
   >>   
   >>Namaste   
   >   
   >   
   > That's why most advice tells you that you should get used to doing reality   
   > checks all the time, so that they become a habitual action. The idea is that   
   > if you are used to doing them all the time, chances are you will do them   
   > even in your dreams. During such an automatic reality check, you will then   
   > note discrepancies, which will spark awareness.   
   > If you don't get used to doing reality checks, you have to rely on some   
   > small measure of awareness in dreams in order to even remember doing them.   
   >   
   >   
   Yes I guess then my reality check are simply mental activity. When   
   something happen intense during the day I try to remember that this is   
   only a dream. But it not only for dream purpose but for spiritual grow   
   as well...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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